On Thu, 27 Oct 1994 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > certainly not food for the masses. The sad thing is, I think that > corporate agriculture has resulted in cheaper food (i know, i > know at what cost!) but still more is available now at cheaper > prices. Does locally grown, organic produce have to remain in the > realm of the middle/upper classes? Yes, the food is cheaper, but that is only because the full costs are "hidden". If we could actually calculate the full cost of lost topsoil, polluted groundwater, disappearing groundwater supplies due to large scale irrigation, etc -- the food we have is much more expensive. BUT, I know that is not what individual consumers consider when they make their own purchasing decisions. That, it seems to me is one of the core problems -- our consumption is not directly linked in our minds or through our pocketbooks to the genuine long-terms costs of production. How can we possibly change that problem? Jayne
